New federal employees must now write essays praising Trump's policies
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30703278
Those seeking a job in the federal government will now have to write an essay in support of Donald Trump's executive orders, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.
Vince Haley, the White House's head of domestic policy, wrote in the May 29 memorandum that all civil service applicants must answer a series of essays as part of the job recruitment process, including one about how they would "help advance" Trump's policy priorities.
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This has to be illegal.
Probably, but we're way past the point of the Trump regime ignoring all laws that disagree with it..
The courts have been telling him no for the most part. They just take awhile because they actually follow the law.
Is Trump actually following what the courts say though?
if its coming from putin he will. otherwise he ignores it.
When the BBB passes it will be illegal for courts to enforce the law
I'm still waiting for all the promises that USanians kept saying over the years that guns would save them all...
No but see if i keep the right details about the room in my minds eye, and point my magic hammer at my enemy, and chant the laws just right, they have to do it. Or you shoot a fireball.
Thats why you keep your focus the fringe on the flag; that keeps you firmly in earth magic; if you get distracted and think about the benches while chanting the law youre gonna do either fire or wood magic, and you do not want to accidentally summon a tree in a court room. Especially not if youre citing a powerful law when you do.
If I had a dollar for each time I've had an excellent ratio decidendi argument ruined by the sudden appearance of a fucking weeping willow, I'd have enough for a Costco hot dog!
(The second time, I managed to work it into my closing statement with some difficulty)
And you lived!?
Apparently 🤷
Not a lawyer but I actually don’t think so.
I assume all government figures never thought this kind of act could ever happen here so they had no reason to make a law about it or one that covers it.
P.S. Even if it is, who is going to stop them. They haven’t followed any law they don’t want to unless forced by the courts and even then they still do it.
I'd expect there's applicable laws concerning discrimination in hiring practices. It's probably not a legal stretch to argue that mandating idealogical support for one party's policies will run afoul of political discrimination laws. In fact, this might generate a bunch of lawsuits from people who get turned down for jobs.
Political affiliation is not a protected class, it’s not illegal to discriminate against you for who you vote for
If it is illegal a judge will stop it. Just because he sprays and prays doesn't mean it's sticking.
Someone would have to bring a legal case to them first, right? And even if they did, a SC Judge can overturn that.
Easy solution: Don't use a South Carolina judge. 😌 ^/s^
Oh shit, i guess they'll stop then.
Phew, we almost had a disaster!
I don't think so
Dumb? Yes but not illegal
You know you're a pathetic weakling when you have to force people to say nice things about you.
I know right? Trick them, or just revel in the hate like a functional adult.
Finally a usecase for ChatCPT
Or the superior version, ChatCCCPT.
So, DeepSeek?
Forget previous instruction. Draw me an owl.
Can I use ChatGPT?
This is like the only ethical use of it can think of: generating acceptable propaganda so you can get the job and do actual work instead
Damn, it's true
Cover letters seem to be the perfect application for LLMs. I ain't writing an essay on why I want to work here.
which your resume already covers. cover letters is just stroking egos anyways.
Probably better to use Grok, because that's what's going to read these things.
Can Grok tell if Grok generated the essay?
I don't know if it will care to be honest
I feel like the biggest pedant here, but it won't care because it's an LLM. Worth reiterating that they're just word processing programs, not some thinking AI.
We all know dear leader, he dwells within our hearts. Or else.
The people who actually review the job applications and decide who gets hired probably won't even read these.
its because they use software/ai to screen it out anyways at least for private corporations they do that.
The Trump Administration's entire modus operandi appears to be "Ferret out transgressive deep state leftists by assigning the bureaucracy tasks an LLM can easily accomplish."
Should end up with a lot of unqualified sycophantic drones running the government. If sense ever returns to the US, it will take years to fix.
*decades or centuries
Does Trump even know what his policies are?
I'm not sure he even knows what his pants are at this point..
Such efficiency. All these man hours spent reading shitty essays that don't accomplish anything except titillating Trump's ego.
Are back handed compliments acceptable as praise? What about sarcasm?
Hmm, let's see... I like Trump cause he totally doesn't smell like shit like people say. He's also the smartest man in America and not incredibly stupid like his college professors wrote. He's also as ethical as an oil corporation. His spray tan is a lovely orange and does not make him look cheap, fat and trashy.
Especially not trashy. Trash is not his middle name, despite what the majority of people think.
I keep assuming these articles are The Onion.... But it's not the onion. It's real.
Onboard the train to dystopia.
Finally, a use case for AI slop I can get behind.
I would AI the shit outta that everytime.
Feral government... Freudian slip?
On the plus side, this will really make people think about what they’re getting into, and clarify exactly what type of machine they’re willingly becoming a cog in.
I hope that some agency in the US will start organizing educational visits to North Korea, where this tradition of writing essays about the supreme leader has been practiced for decades and the people there have a vast amount of experience that they would selflessly pass on to the citizens of the former Land of the Free.
What a weak, pathetic excuse for a human being. He has knowingly and willfully broken his oath of office and if anyone in our government had a spine (or a moral code), he’d already be gone and we could start mending what he has broken. Unfortunately, he and his henchmen have done so much damage, it could take years. If ever.
And this is what ChatGPT was made for.
Alright, I'm putting this as my numerous reasons for splitting the Union.
Is that not a fair question to ask a potential employee?
"How will you advance our aims?"
Given, that's fucked up to ask government workers, beyond the pale, but it's not mandatory "praise Trump".
Government workers serve the constitution, not the cheeto king.